Do you know the four interesting customs of the Lantern Festival?
Introduction: The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. It is one of the four major traditional festivals in my country with a long history, which dates back to the Qin Dynasty. There are many interesting folk customs during the Lantern Festival. Now, please follow the editor to learn about them! During the first month of the lunar calendar, you will have a good year. The first month is the most important month of spring. Mr. Shui Mo will share with you some knowledge about January.Interesting Lantern Festival customs: Welcoming ZiguZi Gu is also called Qi (Qi) Gu, and in the north it is often called Toilet Gu or Keng San Gu. According to ancient folk customs, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people would welcome the toilet goddess Zi Gu and offer sacrifices to her, and predict silkworms and other matters. Legend has it that Zi Gu was originally a concubine of a family. She was envied by the eldest wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. She became the toilet god. Therefore, people often make a woman in the shape of Zi Gu and worship her in the pigpen in the toilet at night. It truly reflects the thoughts and feelings of the working people, who are kind, loyal, and sympathetic to the weak.Interesting Lantern Festival Customs: Walking Away All DiseasesIt is also called "Walking Away All Diseases", "Overcoming All Evils", "Walking on a Bridge", etc. It is an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, women make appointments to go out together. They walk together and cross every bridge they see, believing that this can cure diseases and prolong life.Interesting Lantern Festival Customs: Lighting Orange LanternsThe custom of "releasing orange lanterns" has a history of at least one thousand years. Legend has it that during the Jianyan period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin army invaded the south and King Kang Zhao Gou fled by sea. He fled to Zhang'an, Taizhou, and stayed in Xiangfu Temple. That day was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. At night, he climbed Jinao Mountain to watch the sea. Suddenly, he saw countless lights on Jiaojiang River, like shooting stars floating by. He felt very surprised, so he went to the riverside to watch under the umbrella. The attendant told him that these were orange lanterns floating down from the Chengjiang River. Zhao Gou said happily: "The Aoshan Lanterns in Beijing are not as interesting as these." He asked his servants to join in the fun, so he bought two boatloads of oranges, took out the orange flesh and let everyone eat it, and kept the orange shells to make orange lanterns, which they floated on the river, and they had fun all night long.Interesting Lantern Festival Customs: Sending Away the Plague ShipSending away the plague ship is an activity held by the people of Qingliu County, Fujian Province, to drive away evil spirits and plague on the night of the Lantern Festival every year. As dusk fell, many men and women gathered at the East Gate Bridge of the county town. Moored on the shore was a boat made of thin wooden boards, with a cabin made of thin bamboo strips around it and the outside pasted with red, green and yellow colored paper. The four walls of the cabin were painted with images of the twelve zodiac animals. This was the ship that the God of Plague was riding on. The cabin was filled with pig hair, bird feathers and other sundries and fireworks sent by each household. People in the mountain villages believe superstitiously that if they send the feathers of poultry and livestock to the plague ship heading east, they can ensure that their livestock will prosper and their family will be safe this year.Summary: The above article content is what the editor wants to tell you about the four interesting customs of the Lantern Festival. You can learn more about it. I wish you all good luck and good fortune in the new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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